Activity Description: The workshop will draw on folktale narrative motifs to allow students to create their own short play in one hour. |
More than the mere rendition in song and dance of an old african folktale, Bene Nkuba is a metaphore of the immigrant's life. |
The Snow Show: East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon is adapted from a Norwegian folktale by Amiel Gladstone. |
A folktale tells the story of a lily of the valley, a fragrant spring flower. |
The folktale of a wicked man who helps a woman spin thread or straw into skeins of gold is well-known with variations around the world. |
This quality also links his story with the primitive folktale theme of a great fool or simple. |